Snowflake, Arizona
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OUR MILLS SNOWFLAKE, ARIZONA About Us Catalyst’s Snowflake Mill is located on a 19,000 acre site, about 180 miles (290 km) northeast of Phoenix. Constructed in 1961, it was originally a Snowflake Mill, located in the foothills four-machine and multi-product mill. More recently with some 295 of the White Mountains in northeastern Arizona, produces 100% recycled employees, production is focused on 100% FSC certified recycled newsprint and specialties paper on newsprint and specialty high brite on two paper machines that can two paper machines. Its products are produce up to 337,000 mt per year. sold primarily to newspaper publishers and commercial printers for a variety Innovative, Sustainable, High-Quality Products of uses. This facility is chain-of-custody certified to the Forest Stewardship » Snowflake manufactures paper that is popular with environmentally conscious customers, retailers, advertisers, publishers and commercial printers want recycled paper and Marathon™ 100% Council standard. Recycled Newsprint and Electrabrite™ 100% Recycled Uncoated High Bright meets their needs » Snowflake is a well-maintained mill with modern paper machines and a strong track record Facilities and of environmental innovation and performance Production Capacity » Snowflake produces newsprint in light and environmentally preferred 43.0 and 45.0 basis weights » Paper machines: 2 » Snowflake produces quality newsprint and high-brite grades that provide good on-press » De-ink lines: 2 performance regardless of weight, and which are largely sold to newspaper publishers and » Recycled Newsprint: 289,000 mt/yr commercial printers within the southwest » Recycled Specialties: 48,000 mt/yr » Snowflake Mill’s quality management system is registered to the ISO 9001 standard, which allows it to meet its customers’ quality requirements, enhance customer satisfaction and Contact achieve continual performance improvement Snowflake Division Caring for the Environment Murray Hewitt General Manager » Committed to continually improving environmental performance: environmental management system registered to ISO 14001 standard Catalyst Paper Corporation 277 Spur North » Snowflake uses a feedstock composed of old newspapers and old magazines, sourced from Snowflake, Arizona within Arizona and other freight-logical locations 85937 » Uses treated effluent to irrigate feedlot crops and diverts waste sludge to an energy facility United States for use as a renewable fuel T 928-536-4314 F 928-536-9436 » Implementing Clean Production Initiative, developed in partnership with World Wildlife Fund Canada in order to better quantify, prioritize and reduce mill emissions Head Office » Snowflake has Forest Stewardship Council certification and 81% of fibre deliveries in 2010 Catalyst Paper Corporation met post-consumer criteria 2nd Floor, 3600 Lysander Lane » Detailed mill-specific environmental performance data included in Catalyst Sustainability Richmond, British Columbia Report: www.catalystpaper.com/investors/sustainability-reports Canada V7B 1C3 T 604-247-4400 F 604-247-0512 Economic Impact Sales Office Catalyst Paper (USA) Inc. » 293 employees at the end of 2010; and paid $32 million in salaries, wages and benefits, 2101 4th Avenue, Suite 1950 $0.6 million in property taxes and $2.7 million in spending with local vendors that year Seattle, Washington (figures in $C) USA 98121 » Supports local programs and organizations such as the Salvation Army and T 206-838-2070 F 206-838-2071 United Way through both corporate donations and employee fundraising For more information, visit catalystpaper.com July 2011.